Study assessed the potential protectivity of NcMIC1-based vaccination against experimental N. caninum infection in mice. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that the infection intensity was significantly reduced in the group vaccinated with recNcMIC1 antigen. Serological analysis showed that only recNcMIC1-immunized animals generated detectable antibody levels recognizing native NcMIC1. Thus, of all protocols applied, only recNcMIC1 vaccination appears to be suited to reduce cerebral infection in mice challenged with N. caninum tachyzoites (Alaeddine et al., 2005).
Alaeddine et al., 2005: Alaeddine F, Keller N, Leepin A, Hemphill A. Reduced infection and protection from clinical signs of cerebral neosporosis in C57BL/6 mice vaccinated with recombinant microneme antigen NcMIC1. The Journal of parasitology. 2005; 91(3); 657-665. [PubMed: 16108562].
